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Choosing Beans Legumes for weight loss

Dried beans are a major source of protein for vegetarians with no saturated fats. Even non-vegetarians eat to take dried beans as a part of vegetables

Servings needed : 1¼ cups of cooked dried beans for 1,600 calorie diet for vegetarians.

The 2005 USDA food pyramid includes dried beans in Vegetables.

The cooked dried beans can also be substituted for Meats. One oz of meat may be substituted with ¼ cup of cooked dried beans. It is based on 1 ounce of uncooked dried beans. In Indian  Cuisine, Dal is every day preparation. Dal is very soupy, so you can almost double the amount of Dal to ½ cup.

Chickpeas

Red Kidney beans

Black beans (Urad)

Mung Beans (Whole Moong beans)

Lentils (Masoor Dal)

Pigeon peas (Tuar)